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Huawei: Set Contact Name Display Order

If your contact list sorts by last name when you expect first name first, calls and messages get harder to scan at a glance. Huawei phones control this through one shared display setting, not something you fix contact by contact.

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Contact Name Order: First Name or Last Name First auf Huawei

Contact names on a Huawei phone follow one global display rule. That rule decides whether the first name or the last name appears first across Contacts, Calls, and Messages. If names were imported from a SIM card, an email account, or a backup, this order can end up different from what you expect, even though every entry itself is stored correctly.

The setting lives in the Contacts app rather than in general phone settings, since it only affects how names are shown, not how they are saved.

Open the sequence below:

Open the Contacts appOpen the menuOpen the SettingsTap on Name orderChoose First name first or Last name first

Switching this option changes the display everywhere at once, including search results and the call log. It does not reorder your actual contact data, so nothing gets lost or duplicated. If names still look wrong after switching, the issue is usually how a specific contact was entered, not the display order itself.

Frequently asked questions

No. The Name order setting only changes how names are displayed. First and last name fields inside each contact stay exactly as entered.